| Show LOST BY THE RAVAGES OF SMUT WEBER COUNTY FARMERS PAY FOR THEIR n how the parasitic growth on wheat cn be prevented frontu thursdays standard harold peery of peery bros of off den estimates that the farmers ot section lose about in an ordinary from amut alone he has taken quite an interest in arousing weber county farmers to the importance ot taking precautionary measures and has circulated a bulletin from th agricultural college giving a treatment for the prevention of smut by the use of can be obtained of almost liny druggist or can be ordered through one the commercial article baa two names and for both of which have the tame they are a solution of formaldehyde gas in water and hive the strength of 40 per cent so ills immaterial under which name it goes the strength varied ing frith age but the only thing to do Is to accept abat the druggist has A pound of th substance tub stance occupies nearly a pint formaldehyde ie a pungent gas that readily dissolves in water and resembles ammonia n thia respect ct alie eyes and none from ita first and under too long exposure it may bauw injury it produces of sores or abrasions i but does no harm it IB not poisonous i to man or beast externally or internally under the ordinary modes of han it does not corrode metals and can therefore b put in any kind of vessel when through with a tion it can be thrown out any place without fear of poisoning plants or animals animals that may eat the feed taftt ha been treated are not affected in the least Is sold from the bulk and in icalea one pound bottles the bottles are the best and safest as the gas does not then escape and chances for deterioration are lessened the cost of a po seventy five cents though this of course varies in afferent ktores the bulletin from the agricultural college Is as follows we place about on busby of sped n a loose burlap sack and immerse hi a solution of one pound of 16 fifty gallons of water attar submerging for ten minute and allowing to drain tor four or five minutes the sack containing the grain ie hung up on the south ade of the barn and turned at intervals the grain IB thoroughly dry we not only recommend but urge of atah vhf are growing infested grain to 1139 the treatment because first it is more easily handled than the other treatments now in vogue secondly it la IMS expensive than other known treatments thirdly the ad so treated is not dangerous when fed to domestic animals and fourthly its effectiveness has been demonstrated conclusively in treating by immersion a large tub or barrel vat will be necessary for the formal tn solution place the grain in a loose burlap sack only nearly fill the ack so that after tying the sack the grain can be easily churned about thus bringing every kernel lo 10 direct contact with the solution as quickly as possible the efficiency fici ency of treatment depends upon the thoroughness with which each kernel ais soaked when through treating re move and let drain for a few minutes then empty out on the floor to dry when dry it may be sacked up and kept until wanted tor use the grain should be completely submerged for ten minutes in adrin kliar the it hn iiii m spread out thinly on the floor and ac solution applied with a sprinkling can having a fine hose or better still by a spray pump if one li handy while the seed Is being it should be constantly stirred with a shovel or garden ralis after the grain has been thoroughly moistened put in a pile and covert with a alce of canvas wagon cover etc in order to hold the moisture after two or three hours remove cover and spread the grain out to dry the solution is easily made add to the desired amount of water the required quantity of the commercial and star the bength of the solution varies from one of to sixty gallons of water to one pound ot to forty fi gallons of water the strength of the solution hag a direct influence upon tho length of application acts much more slowly than the ordinary fungicides and a longer time is therefore required for thorough the range of variation for afe application is very wide seed mt in the solution two or three times as long as the desired period will not suffer while the chances of destroying every fungous spore Is greatly increased this is especially true with oats where the solution has to penetrate the hulls to reach either grain seed or smut spore in treating many lots of seed the same solution may be aed over and over at least four or five each successive quantity should be left in longer ban the preceding one as the solution la getting weaker Pro feor bolley othe north dakota station can be aed as by either immersion aw sprinkling tho wed will be douan and more seed per acre must banded ban sed to get the same desired stand the quantity boult bo the rate of onu bushel tn two op one balf for oata and one buchel in two for wheat |
